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Hard Times No. 5 Placer
Montana Gold Claims: Buy or Lease the premier Hard Times No.5 40 acres in Mineral County's historic Cedar Creek Mining District District.
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Hard Times No. 5
Hard Times No. 5
Hard Times No. 5 Placer Mining Claim
Placer
40
NE ¼ of SW ¼ PB41, T15N, R28W
Elevation 3,300 – 3,500
Grubstake Gulch Bench Area (Paleo-channel).
Local Mining Roads / Skid Trails (Access near PB 41).
Exploration Upside (Bench): Targets older, elevated, and likely untouched bench placers.
Hard Times No. 5 Placer Mining Claim
NE ¼ of SW ¼ PB41, T15N, R28W
Sale Price: $42,000.00
Hard Times No. 5 (Oregon Gulch Project)
Technical Notes:
The Hard Times No. 5 claim lies in western Montana’s Cedar Creek placer-gold district (Mineral Co., T1N R28W, protracted block 41).
This is about 16 mi southwest of Superior, Montana in a forested mountain basin through which Oregon Creek flows.
The terrain is subalpine forest with open moiuntain meadows. Oregon Creek meanders across the claim.
Key Details
Location: NE corner of SW corner, protracted blk. 41, T15N R28W, Mineral Co., MT (Big Flat area of Cedar Creek Mining District) .
Elevation: roughly 4,500–5,000 ft above sea level. For reference, nearby Cedar Creek Placer is at ~4,800 ft , while the Lost–Oregon Creek junction is ~3,589 ft . The Hard Times #5 ground sits near the upper end of that range.
History: Part of Montana’s 19th-century gold rush. Cedar Creek (and its tributary Oregon Creek) was first worked in 1869 (discoverer Louis Barrette) , and saw extensive placer mining into the 20th century.
USGS records note that a dredge was operated on Oregon Creek at this site in the 1980s , reflecting the creek’s gold-bearing gravels.
Hydrology: Oregon Creek is a permanent mountain stream which provides sufficient flow year-round for placer operations.
Peak flows occur in spring (snowmelt), with lower but perennial flow in summer and fall.
Vegetation is typical northern Rockies (spruce-fir and lodgepole pine, with meadows along the creek).
Access is by old mining roads from the Lolo National Forest: no paved roads lead directly in.
Sources: Montana placer-mining archives and USGS/MRDS data provide the above details. The image is illustrative of the high-mountain meadows and streams in the region.
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